All time basketball Chokes

[Sedale Threatt]

My least favorite choke would be 2004 Laker choke

How was that a choke? We got our asses kicked...

We were the heavy favorites, just remember how we played..

To me, a choke is when you blow what looks like a sure victory. We were never in that series. Now, the 84 and 69 Finals? Those are choke jobs.

[TheXFactor]

69 Lakers should had won
84 Henderson steals the ball
87 Isiah pass to Bird
11 Lebron

[penbeast0]

Couple more, both serious mental stupidity moves . . .

Pippen refusing to play in the last seconds of close game because they drew up a play for Kukoc rather than for him.

Butch van Breda Koff holding Wilt out of the end of a game 7 after he had come off to get his ankle looked at and losing the NBA championship to the Knicks despite having Wilt/Baylor/West.

That was 1969, against the Celtics.

As a Laker fan it's one of the most gut-wrenching moments in NBA history... Win that one, and the momentum probably snowballs and we rip off 3-4 straight until '72.

Duh moment . . . of course you are right

[AdamTheGreek]

Nick Anderson in '95 and T-MAC in '03 are easily up there.

[AVolumeScorer]

Mcgrady's team had no business being up 3-1 anyway. His statement made him look like an idiot, but it wasn't a choke imo

[AdamTheGreek]

It was definitely a choke. Did it work out that it coincided with Tayshaun Prince getting more minutes and guarding McGrady? Yes. But Tracy and crew all had their performances and level of intensity and urgency drop (except for Drew Gooden who was a **** beast) once we went up 3-1. That's a choke. Tracy's dumb quote, and the fact he and Shawn Kemp were seen laughing on the bench when the Pistons won isn't a good image to have imprinted into your memory forever.

[Kabookalu]

2000 Blazers WCF. I just remembered that at one point in the 4th quarter they were up by 15, I think it was with 8 minutes to go. They scored 1 point the rest of the way and the Lakers took it. It was the Lakers championship year in that three peat they should have lost, and unlike the refereeing that favored them against Sacramento the Blazers just imploded at the worst possible moment.

[Prolific Scorer]

Kobe '06 Playoffs vs PHX

Especially GM 7

[ThaRegul8r]

2000 Blazers WCF. I just remembered that at one point in the 4th quarter they were up by 15, I think it was with 8 minutes to go. They scored 1 point the rest of the way and the Lakers took it. It was the Lakers championship year in that three peat they should have lost, and unlike the refereeing that favored them against Sacramento the Blazers just imploded at the worst possible moment.

I can't believe it's taken this long for someone else to mention this. It was the first thing to come to my mind when I saw the thread title.